Almond

Perennial Weeds You May See

Perennial weeds are continually a problem in almond orchards and management practices should be geared to preventing
their establishment in the rows or row middles of the orchard. Below are some of the common perennials in California
almond orchards.

Use the late-spring weed survey
form(99 KB, PDF) to
record your weed observations in order to make weed management
decisions. Keep these records so that you can track weed population
information from year to year to better understand ongoing
weed control problems such as resistance.

Names link to more information on identification and biology.

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Bermudagrass
(Cynodon dactylon): Grass family; perennial; first leaves
with somewhat rough surface; ligule surrounded by ring of hairs
with tuft of long hairs on either side; auricles absent; stem
flat, wiry, and without hairs.

No photo available.Nutsedges
(Cyperus spp.): Sedge family; perennial; first leaves
inconspicuous and grasslike; grow mainly from tubers or "nutlets"
formed on rhizomes, mostly in upper foot of soil; in cross section,
leaves V-shaped, arranged in sets of three at base, and stems
triangular.

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